OK, so if you do a Google Earth fly around of Pawtuckaway it looks an awful lot like an impact crater rather than the remains of a volcano. Scan a little further north and look at Ossipee. That looks more like the remains of a volcano, as it is a big circular rounded dome formed from the last load of lava, with the lighter burnt debris having eroded away. Go crawl around on the Pawtuckaway rim and slopes and it's all fractured granite. I think it's an impact crater.
there has been talk of a large volcano erupting in new england
ReplyDeleteVolcanoes and New Hampshire are not a combination I'm used to seeing.
ReplyDeleteSo what date is Everest on your agenda?
ReplyDeleteYeah, no, never. 😀
DeleteOK, so if you do a Google Earth fly around of Pawtuckaway it looks an awful lot like an impact crater rather than the remains of a volcano. Scan a little further north and look at Ossipee. That looks more like the remains of a volcano, as it is a big circular rounded dome formed from the last load of lava, with the lighter burnt debris having eroded away. Go crawl around on the Pawtuckaway rim and slopes and it's all fractured granite. I think it's an impact crater.
ReplyDeleteHi Len, Here is one article I found about Pawtuckaway and Ossipee.
Deletehttps://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/earth-science/volcanoes/pawtuckaway-state-park/
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my old bass fishing grounds back in my NH days. my buddy still lives on the lake. Btw, those are hills not mountains
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